OT: Feds want to drop protection of privacy regarding medical data

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 12:41:40AM -0500, Marvin Dickens wrote:
>The Bush administration proposed today to drop a requirement
>at the heart of federal rules protecting the privacy of
>medical records. It said doctors and hospitals should not
>have to obtain consent from patients before using or
>disclosing medical information for the purpose of treatment
>or reimbursement. 
>
>Full story:
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/22/politics/22PRIV.html?0321na5

>Apparently, the insurance industry gave more than a sh!t load of money to
>the GOP... So much so as to entice the Bush administration to attempt to
>violate the US constitution. I am absolutely disgusted.

This is surprising?  If all the elected people in Washington D.C. who have
voted for laws that violate the Constitution, we would probably be left
with one Congressman, Ron Paul.
	``The fact is that the Constitution was indended to protect us from
	the government, and we cannot expect the government to enforce it
	willingly'' -- Dave E. Hoffmann, Reason Magazine March 2002

Bill
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